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A. KOEHLER.

CAROUSEL.

No. 593,177. Patented NOV. 2,1897.

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No. 593,177, Patented Nov. 2,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @Erica ADOLPH KOEl-ILER, OF TIOONDEROGA, NEW' YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO .lOl-IN SCHUMM, OF SAME PLACE.

CAROUSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,177, dated November 2, 189'?. Application file-d March 25, 1897.` Serial No. 629,182. (No model.)

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This invention relates to a carousel or merrygo-round, the object of the invention being to make the same amusing and entertaining for children and others by'causing adjacent or separate lines of horses or animals to move in opposite directions, so that those persons in one line or circle will pass those in the next or adjacent line or circle face to face.

The invention consists of a central post, drive-shafts radiating from said post and journaled at their inner ends in bearings at the lower end of the post and at their outer ends being supported in suitable bearings, driverollers mounted on said shafts, supportingrollers mounted on short counter-shafts arranged parallel with the drive-shafts, and a series of concentric circular platforms arranged, preferably, at an inclination to each other, so as to overlap, and being supported upon the driving-rollers and the supportingrollers, the driving-rollers of the alternate drive-shafts being arranged to drive the alternate circular platforms, while the intermediate drive-shafts are arranged to drive the intermediate platforms, and the supportingrollers being correspondingly arranged, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and then claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved carousel, partly in transverse section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail cross-section of oneside of the lower portion of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same, showing the platforms broken out at one side. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail plan view of one of the driving-shafts and its rollers and the adjacent parallel counter-shaft with its supporting-rollers, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing a modification.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the center post, and B represents the framework, of my improved carousel. These maybe constructed in any approved manner. Fixed to the lower end of the center post A is a circular collar or sleeve d, which is provided with a number of sockets or holes, in which the inner ends of the drive-shafts C, that are provided with driving-rollers G", are journaled, said drive-shafts radiating from the post and being supported at their outer ends in side bearings of brackets C2. Two diametrically opposite drive shafts C are provided with drivingpulleys O3 and which are operated by suitable power transmission, as by means of belts running froni an engine over said pulleys.v Arranged at the inner end of each shaft O3 is a bevel-wheel D, all the bevel-wheels of said shafts intermeshin g in circular series, so that when one of said shafts is positively driven the other shafts will also be driven, but the alternate shafts will be driven in opposite di.- rection to the intermediate or adjacent shafts. Advantage of this difference of direction in rotation of the adjacent shafts is taken by providing a series of circular concentric and overlapping platforms E,which are supported upon the drivin g-rollers O of the drive-shafts, so that alternate circular platforms will be revolved in one direction, while the intermediate or next adjacent platforms will be revolved in the opposite direction. The innermost platform, for instance, rests upon the driving rollers C' of an alternate series of drive shafts, while the next platform rests upon and is driven by the supporting-rollers of the intermediate or next drive-shafts.

In order that the platforms may each have a support adjacent to each drive-shaft, (for each drive-shaft only positively drives or supports every other or alternate platform,) there is arranged adjacent to each driveshaft a parallel counter-shaft F, said countershafts F being journaled together with the drive-shafts in bearings of said brackets C2 and being provided with rollers f. The plat-l forms thus receive a support near each driveshaft, for if the drive-shaft rollers do not support the platform near the drive-shaft the supporting-rollers of each counter-shaft do, and thereby the sagging or deflection of the platforms is prevented. rfhe rollers C' fare all frusto-conical, so that the circular platforms will be inclined inwardly and the rid- IOO ` from the end brackets C2.

site direction to those onfthe adjacent platform, as shown by the arrows, so that the chil-y dren or persons seated on the animals of the adjacent platforms will pass .each other face to face. In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the platforms are arranged in step-like series and are supported on rollers C3, which are fixed on the short shafts C0, that are mounted in suitable bearings and are connected by bevel gear-Wheels CX, said shafts radiating like and corresponding to the driveshafts C of the main form of the invention.

To furnish entertainment andamusement, there are driven from tWo or more of the driveshafts two or more endless bands H, which may be decorated or furnished With pictures in any suitable manner, and which are supported at their upper ends by supporting-rollers h, supported from hangers h', arranged on the upper part of the frame B of the carousel, while the lower portions of the bands pass around rollers h2, which are driven from endless belts or cords h3, that pass around the driving-shafts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desireV to secure by Letters Patent- In a carousel, the combination of a central bearing-piece, drive-shafts radiating from said bearing-piece and supported in suitable bearings, intermeshing bevel gear-Wheels arranged upon the inner ends of the driveshafts, driving means for said shafts, drivingrollers mounted upon said shafts, the drivingrollers of alternate shafts being arranged in lone circle, while those of the next shafts are supported upon the driving-rollers and the supporting-rollers, substantially as set forth. f

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed niyname in presence ofv two subscribing Witnesses.

ADOLPII KOEHLER.

IVitnesses:

JOHN SCHUMM, REINHOLD PHILIrPs. 

